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Bccf E-Mail Bulletin #187 BCCF E-MAIL BULLETIN #187 Your editor welcomes any and all submissions - news of upcoming events, tournament reports, and anything else that might be of interest to B.C. players. Thanks to all who contributed to this issue. To subscribe, send me an e-mail ([email protected]) or sign up via the BCCF webpage (http://chess.bc.ca/); if you no longer wish to receive this Bulletin, just let me know. Stephen Wright [Back issues of the Bulletin are available on the above webpage.] HERE AND THERE Donostia-San Sebastian Open (March 18 - April 4) The peripatetic Leon Piasetski has just finished playing in an event in San Sebastian, Spain (or Donostia in the Basque language). San Sebastian was the site of two important tournaments in 1911 and 1912, won by Capablanca and Rubinstein respectively, but for the past thirty-three years it has been the location of an open tournament. This year's edition attracted 150 players and was won by IM Aramis Alvarez Pedraza of Cuba with 7.0/9. Piasetski finished the event with 5.5 points; also in the field was transplanted Canadian Kevin Spraggett, who was part of a five-way tie for second place. Results, also game file: http://chess-results.com/tnr30848.aspx?art=4&lan=1&turdet=YES&m=- 1&wi=1000 Recuero Guerra, David - Piasetski, Leon [E67] 33rd Open Donostia ESP (5), 01.04.2010 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.b3 Re8 9.Qc2 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.Bb2 c6 12.a3 h5 13.h3 h4 14.gxh4 Nh5 15.Nf3 Bf5 16.Qd1 Nf4 17.Ra2 Qd7 18.Ng5 Nxh3+ 19.Nxh3 Bxh3 20.f3 Bh6 21.b4 Be3+ 22.Kh2 Bxg2 23.Kxg2 Ne6 24.Rh1 Nf4+ 25.Kf1 d5 26.Bc1 Qf5 27.Rh2 Rad8 28.Rd2 d4 29.Na4 d3 30.exd3 Bxd2 31.Rxd2 Qh3+ 32.Kg1 Qg3+ 33.Kf1 Nxd3 0- 1 Ulibin, Mikhail - Piasetski, Leon [E94] 33rd Open Donostia ESP (7), 02.04.2010 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.Be3 Re8 9.Qc2 c6 10.d5 Ng4 11.Bg5 f6 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.Bh4 Nh6 14.Rad1 Nf7 15.b4 Qc7 16.Qb3 Rb8 17.Qa3 Bf8 18.Qa4 Kg7 19.a3 a6 20.Rb1 Nd8 21.Rfc1 Nb6 22.Qd1 Qf7 23.b5 Be6 24.bxa6 Qa7 25.c5 dxc5 26.Na4 c4 27.Nxb6 Rxb6 28.Rxb6 Qxb6 29.Bxc4 Bxc4 30.Rxc4 Qxa6 31.Ra4 Qb7 32.h3 Ne6 33.Qc2 Re7 34.Rc4 c5 35.Rc3 Nd4 36.Nxd4 exd4 37.Rxc5 Qxe4 38.Qxe4 Rxe4 39.Rc7+ Kg8 40.g4 f5 41.f3 Re2 42.a4 d3 43.Rd7 Ra2 44.Rxd3 Rxa4 45.Bf2 fxg4 46.hxg4 Ra3 47.Rxa3 Bxa3 48.Kg2 1/2-1/2 World Amateur Chess Championship (March 19-25) When we left off last issue Richard Huang (Vancouver) was tied for second with 5.0/6, while Agasta Kalra (Ottawa) and Regina-Veronicka Kalaydina (Calgary) had 4.0 points each. In the last three rounds Richard scored a further 2.0 points but unfortunately so did all the other contenders. This left him in the same position in the standings - tied with four other players for second place, a half-point behind winner Andrew Hubbard of Illinois. Richard was officially fourth after the application of tiebreaks, but the prize money was split equally between the tied players. Agasta and Regina could not keep up the same pace but nevertheless finished with plus scores, 5.0 and 5.5 points respectively. Regina took the fourth women's prize; the overall women's champion was Yun Fan (Indiana), who edged out Bayar Anu (Mongolia) on tiebreak - they both scored 6.5/9. No games were broadcast live; a game file is apparently being prepared but is not currently available. http://www.worldchesschamps.com/ Photos by Betsy Dynako: http://betsydynako.shutterbugstorefront.com/scripts/expman.pl?rm=overview_gallery&dir=galleries/ 14 March Active (March 28) Vicente Lee jr., Luc Poitras, and Jack Cheng tied for first in the latest monthly active tournament; each scored 5.0/6. Thirty-five players participated. Crosstable: http://www.chessmastery.com/bcactive/ Michael Yip Donation by Larry Bevand The Chess'n Math Association is proud to announce a very generous donation by Michael Yip, author of two excellent books Checkmate University Book 1 and Checkmate University Book 2. Mike also taught chess to youngsters for the Chess'n Math Association in the 1990's in Montreal and continued teaching when he moved to B.C. The Chess'n Math Association is the distributor of these books. Mike has decided to donate his future royalties from these two books to the reigning B.C. grade 1 champion every year beginning in 2010. Royalties earned in 2009 will go to the winner of the 2010 B.C. grade 1 champion which is determined in the first half of 2010 provided this player represents B.C. at the Nationals of the Canadian Chess Challenge in the same year. The youngster will receive the prize in a presentation at the National event. The 2011 B.C. grade 1 champion will receive the Royalties earned in 2010 etc. GRAND PACIFIC OPEN (April 2-5) Last year's GPO featured a four-way tie for first on 5.0/6. This year there were also three players tied with 5.0 points, but unfortunately for B.C. Champion Jack Yoos, German FM Holger Grund, and Oregon's Radu-Laurentiu Roua, IM Lawrence Day improved on his score of last year by half a point to take clear first with 5.5. Ruining Wu went one better, winning the U1400 Section with a perfect score. Eighty-seven players participated in this year's edition of the GPO, held as usual at the luxurious facilities of the Hotel Grand Pacific in Victoria. Full report, games, and photos: http://grandpacificopen.pbworks.com/4th-Annual-GPO-Event- Reports Moore, Harry - Yoos, Jack [A25] GPO 4th Victoria (5), 04.04.2010 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 d6 5.d3 Bg7 6.Rb1 a5 7.a3 f5 8.e3 Nf6 9.b4 axb4 10.axb4 0-0 11.Nge2 Ne7 12.0-0 c6 13.b5 Be6 14.Qb3 g5 15.f4 gxf4 16.gxf4 Qe8 17.fxe5 dxe5 18.Ba3 Ng4 19.Rf3 e4 20.dxe4 Ne5 21.Rg3 Bxc4 22.Qb4 N7g6 23.bxc6 bxc6 24.exf5 Rxf5 25.Nd4 Rf7 26.Bc1 Rc8 27.Ne4 c5 28.Nxc5 Bf8 29.Nc6 Rxc6 30.Bxc6 Rf1+ 0-1 Gansvind, Valeriya - Day, Lawrence [A01] GPO 4th Victoria (5), 04.04.2010 1.b3 Nc6 2.Bb2 e5 3.e3 a6 4.d4 f6 5.Bd3 Nh6 6.Nf3 d6 7.Nbd2 g6 8.a3 Bg7 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Be4 0- 0 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Nc4 Qd5 13.Qxd5+ cxd5 14.Na5 c5 15.b4 cxb4 16.axb4 Bf5 17.c3 Rfc8 18.0-0 Bf8 19.h3 Nf7 20.Rfd1 Be6 21.Nd2 Nd6 22.Nab3 Nb5 23.Rdc1 Rc6 24.Na5 Rc7 25.e4 Bh6 26.exd5 Bxd5 27.Rc2 Nd4 28.Rac1 Rac8 29.Kf1 Bf8 30.c4 Nxc2 31.Rxc2 Bxb4 32.Bc3 Bxc4+ 33.Naxc4 Rxc4 0-1 Scoones, Dan - Grund, Holger [A11] GPO 4th Victoria (5), 04.04.2010 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.c4 c6 5.Ne5 Bf5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Qa4+ Nbd7 8.Nc3 e6 9.g4 Bg6 10.h4 Bc2 11.b3 a6 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.d3 Qf6 14.Bd2 b5 15.Qf4 Qxf4 16.Bxf4 Rc8 17.Bd2 Ba3 18.Nd1 Ke7 19.Ne3 d4 20.Nxc2 Rxc2 21.Kd1 Rc7 22.Bc1 Bxc1 23.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 24.Kxc1 Ne5 25.Bh3 Rc8+ 26.Kd2 Rc3 27.Rc1 Rxc1 28.Kxc1 Ng6 29.h5 Nf4 30.Bf1 Nd5 31.Kd2 b4 32.e3 e5 33.Bg2 Nc3 34.exd4 exd4 35.Be4 h6 36.Bc6 Nxa2 37.Bd5 a5 38.Bc4 Nc3 39.Kc2 Kf6 40.Kd2 Kg5 0-1 Day, Lawrence - Sohal, Tanraj S. [B26] GPO 4th Victoria (6), 05.04.2010 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 e5 6.Be3 d6 7.Qd2 Nge7 8.Bh6 0-0 9.h4 f6 10.Bxg7 Kxg7 11.h5 Rh8 12.f4 Be6 13.Nf3 Nd4 14.h6+ Kf7 15.Nh4 Ke8 16.Nd1 Kd7 17.c3 Ndc6 18.Ne3 Kc7 19.Nd5+ Bxd5 20.exd5 Nb8 21.fxe5 fxe5 22.0-0 Rf8 23.Nf3 Nd7 24.Ng5 Rxf1+ 25.Rxf1 Qg8 26.Rf7 Re8 27.Rg7 Qh8 28.Rxh7 Qf6 29.Rf7 Qh8 30.Ne6+ Kc8 31.Ng7 Nf5 32.Nxe8 Qxe8 33.h7 Qxf7 34.h8Q+ Kc7 35.Qf2 1-0 Roua, Radu-Laurentiu - Patterson, Roger [A80] GPO 4th Victoria (6), 05.04.2010 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.dxe5 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 Nfd7 8.Bf4 Nb6 9.Bb3 Bb4 10.Nge2 exf3 11.gxf3 Na6 12.a4 Bd7 13.a5 Nc8 14.Nd5 Ne7 15.Nxb4 Nxb4 16.Rg1 Ng6 17.Bd2 Na6 18.e6 Bc6 19.Nd4 0-0-0 20.Nxc6 bxc6 21.Re1 Nc5 22.Bc4 Rd4 23.b3 Rhd8 24.Re2 Nf4 25.e7 Re8 26.Bf7 Nxe2 27.Bxe8 Nc3+ 28.Kc1 Nd5 29.Bf7 Nxe7 30.Be3 1-0 BUDAPEST SPRING FESTIVAL (March 19-27) by Michael Yip I finished with 5/9 and experienced some sucesses and well as one completely forgettable failure.
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